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Meta Data Name: Race and Ethnicity Variables
Last Modified: March 15, 2021
Author: Moksha Menghaney & Susan Paykin

Data Location:

DS01 at 4 spatial scales. Files can be found here.

  • DS01_T
  • DS01_Z
  • DS01_C
  • DS01_S

Data Source(s) Description:

Variables were obtained from the 2018 5-year average American Community Survey (ACS), table B02001, B03002, at State, County, Tract and ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) level. Raw data and more details can be found at https://data.census.gov.

Description of Data Source Tables:

B02001 : Provides breakdown by Race of the total population.
B03002 : Hispanic or Latino origin by race table, provides ethnicity breakdown of the total population.

Description of Data Processing:

The following variables were included from B02001:

  1. Estimate; Race – Total Population
  2. Estimate; Race – White alone
  3. Estimate; Race – Black or African American alone
  4. Estimate; Race – American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  5. Estimate; Race – Asian alone
  6. Estimate; Race – Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone

The following variables were included from B03002:

  1. Estimate; Hispanic or Latino – Total
  • Percentage for each racial/ethnic group was calculated as: estimate for the group / total population, e.g.
    • % White = White alone / Total population
    • % Other = 1 - (% White alone + % Black alone + % American Indian alone + % Asian alone + % Native Hawaiian alone)

Key Variable and Definitions:

Variable Variable ID in .csv Description
% White whiteP Percentage of population with race identified as white alone
% Black blackP Percentage of population with race identified as Black or African American alone
% Hispanic hispP Percentage of population with ethnicity identified as of Hispanic or Latinx origin
% American Indian amIndP Percentage of population with race identified as Native American or Alaska Native alone
% Asian asianP Percentage of population with race identified as Asian alone
% Native Hawaiian pacIsP Percentage of population with race identified as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
% Other otherP Percentage of Population with race not mentioned in any of the options above (includes two race or more races)

Data Limitations:

This data represents estimates as of the ACS 2018 5-year average.

Comments/Notes:

Note on missing data: Missing and/or unavailable data are coded as blank or NA.